Good morning, day, afternoon, evening, and night.I am GrayWatch, in this war-torn land of Europa I shall be your guide. Right enough with the self-posturing. 3 sign-ups before the RP thread goes up. Yes you CAN be from non-European nations, however if you do so you cannot take the "Backing" or "Tech" backgrounds. Additionallythose of you who wish to avoid messing with the stats themselves canpitch a concept and i'll fill in the appropriate stats for them.Remember! The more detailed the concept the more accurately I canportray it with the stats. And if the allocated number ofstarting stats seems low do keep in mindthat all stats can be gainedwith appropriate actions. Backgrounds mayincrease or decrease asdemanded by the plot and/or the players choices.

On Behalf of Kamica:Name: Jan Haegens (Whoa, an original name!)Concept: A guy who advanced through skill and shear luck, trying to change the world.Goals/Motivation:He wants to find or create a place, where onlytechnological advancementcounts, not the area of ground in posession.

Backgrounds-Backing: 9 United Western Islands Steam DivisionWealth: 0Command: 1 (some of the people who work under him, trust him more than the UWISD)Resources: 0 Spies: 0Tech: 0Influence: 0

Significant Items: His Toolkit

Personality: Rebellious, kind, and doesn't show what he's trying to do.

History:Born almost as east as possible in the UWI (this worlds"TheNetherlands"), he grew up in not the most wealthy of families, andalsovery close to the Gaul border, luckily for him, the Gaul neverrealyreached far enough for him to notice too much, only storiesandmilitary comming past.He learned a load about water andpreventing it from getting intoplaces, becouse he lived in an area thatwas actualy build under thewater level, at the age of 13, he waswalking through a forest east ofhis home town, when he came across aswamp, in the distance, he couldsee something shine a bit, he made hisway to the shiny thing, andnoticed it was a metal thing, he had seensimular ones going towardsthe Gaul border, they were steam machines,the only problem was, themachine was too stuck in the swamp to doanything with it, though hewas miraculously able to take out the mostimportant part, the steamengine itself, he secretly took it to thebasement of his house, wherehe tried to get it working, it took nearlya year for him to get itworking, by that time, he already knew everyinch of the piece ofmachinery, and now tried to build one himself, acouple of times hefailed, but then, he succeeded, this engine, he puton a cart, whichwas normally pulled by a horse, after a couple of daysof tinkeringaround, he got the thing to run, the people in the townwere amazed,word quickly spread round... which also meant the militaryheard of it,before Jan could teach anyone else how to build a steamengine, he gottaken away, together with his steam engines, though,instead of throwninto prison, he was offered a job as a steam mechanic,which he gladlyaccepted.After working several years as amechanist, he had advanced a couple of ranks, because he appeared to bevery good with steam engines, he nowcould lead 3 mechanics and 2 testpilots. (I'll add more, ran out of time for now ^^)

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Name: Remjak ArnocaConcept: Andal MercenaryGoals/Motivation: To field the largest, most powerful mercenary army ever seen and to build a REALLY cool island fortress/town

Significant Items: Small but impressively equipped fleet of ships, the largest of which is his flagship, the Mad Hatchet.Carries what amounts to a giantmachette (think Wavecleaver) that he himself made. Personality: Jovial, upbeat, eager to get on with the next task and makes comments during battle.

History:Born into the Andal Military, he found out shortly after turning 21that the REAL money (and fun) came from free contracting (plus he justwanted to found a bigass city on an island)

Influence: 2 – White can pull a few strings and call in a few favors if he has to.

Significant Items:

Poison globe: A device originally developed by Gaul scientists. The alchemy formulae was stolen by Gregory’s spies and then sent to West Isles Research and Development Branch. As the man responsible for the devices retrieval it was in the branches opinion that the spymaster be one of the first to receive the finished product. As of now the globe will only burn when released. Dealing considerable damage to one’s eyes but only capable of small radius due to the size of the actual globe. A toxic and lethal version of the globe is currently under development.

Personality:

He is not by nature a cruel man though he has no qualms to committing cruel deeds. Taking the roll of what must be done in order to survive; Gregory will do whatever it takes to see the West Isles safe. Among his fellow people he is often described as quiet but kind though those who know him more intimately know there is a iron core beneath that silence that can both inspire and cause fear.

History:

Born in West Isle. Brother slaughtered by Gaul. Got angry. Began to work for WII. Became very successful. Present.